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Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature book cover

1st Edition

Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

By Mary McCartin Wearn Copyright 2008
218 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge
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Returning to a foundational moment in the history of the American family, Negotiating Motherhood in Nineteenth-Century American Literature explores how various authors of the period represented the maternal role – an office that came to a new, social prominence at the end of the eighteenth century. By examining maternal figures in the works of diverse authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe,... Read more

Introduction  1. "Stronger Than All Was Maternal Love": Maternal Idealism in Uncle Tom’s Cabin   2. No More "The Pillow of Affection": Deconstructing the "Softening Influence" of Motherhood in The Scarlet Letter  3. "Links . . . Of Gold": The Bonds of Motherhood in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl  4. "She Has Been Burning Palaces": The Maternal Poetics of Sarah Piatt.  Conclusion

Biography

Mary McCartin Wearn is an Assistant Professor of English at Macon State College. She has published articles on Adrienne Rich, Harriet Jacobs, and Sarah Piatt. Her research focuses on cultural constructions of motherhood, particularly in nineteenth-century America Literature.

"Wearn succeeds in complicating the ways in which we think about sentimental literature and the expectations of motherhood... the text makes a solid contribution to considerations of gender and culture in nineteenth-century America."

- Roxanne Harde, Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering

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